Yoke for draft-gear.



C. J. NASH. YOKE FOR DRAFT GEAR. APPLICATION man Aua.16,1913.

Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

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CHARLES J'. N AS,` OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 UNVERSAL l2DR-.MFT GEAR ATTACHMENT C0., A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

YOKE FOR DRAFT-GEAR.

Original annlication led'october 9, 1911, Serial No. 653,676. Divided and this application filed August 1G, 1913. Serial No. 785,014.

To all whom it may co noem Be it known that I, CHARLES J. NASH, a citizen of theUnited States, and resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Yokes for Draft-Gear, of which the following is a specification, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The invention relates to draft gear' yokes of the standard C. B. type, which are substantially U-shaped, and particularly to the rear end of such yokes';\the objectof the invention being tofprovidegreat strength yat this portion of the yoke without increasinthe weightor thickening the'walls.

his ap ication is la division of my aperial No. 653,676, filed YOctober While the` in ventioiris illustrated in connection'with a yoke adapted for use with the -so-eai-Ied-,ftanvdem draft gear, it is equally ada ted for use in `connection with single dra gears, as it pertains to that portion of the yoke which is brought into service only'by pulling stresses. y

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 Y is a detail longitudinal vertical section of a 1 .railway car` taken between the center-sills thereof, and showing the draft rigging in side elevation; land Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of' the yoke.

There is shown in the drawings a portion of the floor ofva car at 10, one of the center or draft sills at 11, the shank and butt end lof 4the coupler at 12, the. yoke at 13, follower plates at 14, 15, 16, 17, forward and rearward springs at 18, 19, an intermediate bridge er pair ofstops `integral with the 2223, these inturnedportions being united by' a web 2-1 which forms a seat or bearing for the rearward follower 17. If desirable, the rear end of the yoke may be further strengthened by illets 25, only one of which is clearly shown in .the drawings, crossing the recesses formed by the inturned portions 22, 23, of the longitudinal members.

' This form of construction of the inner end of the yoke avoids the abrupt langles a* the ends of the longitudinal members, which have heretofore been the 'weak points in de vices of this character, and this, without the messing of metal with consequent danger of weakening the casting.

,I claim as myy invention- 1. A yoke for draft gears comprising a pair of parallel arms haringvtheir inner ends curved inwardlyand forwardly and ,united by a web section, the distance spanned by th'eweb being less than the distance between the parallel arms.

2. A yoke for draft gearscomprising a pair of parallel. arms having their 'inner ends curved inwardly and forwardly and united by a web section.

. CHARLES J. NASH.

Witnesses:

E. M. KLATCHER, CHARLES B. GrLLsoN.

Specification of Letters iatent. l Patent-ed Apk-27, 1915. Y 

